tabreader library / gem v1.0 - read in tabular datafiles in text in the tabular (TAB) format

Hello,

   I've published the tabreader library / gem version 1.0 [1]
that lets you read in tabular datafiles in text in the tabular (TAB) format.


Yes, it's as simple as:

    line = "1\t2\t3"
    values = line.split( "\t" )
    pp values
    # => ["1","2","3"]

or the "magic" packaged up in `TabReader`:


    line = "1\t2\t3"
    values = Tab.parse_line( line )   ## or TAB.parse_line or
TabReader.parse_line
    pp values
    # => ["1","2","3"]


or use the convenience helpers:

    txt <<=TXT
    1\t2\t3
    4\t5\t6
    TXT

    records = Tab.parse( txt )   ## or TAB.parse or TabReader.parse
    pp records
    # => [["1","2","3"],
    #     ["4","5","6"]]

or

    records = Tab.read( "values.tab" )  ## or TAB.read or TabReader.read
    pp records
    # => [["1","2","3"],
    #     ["4","5","6"]]

or

    Tab.foreach( "values.tab" ) do |rec|  ## or TAB.foreach or TabReader.foreach
      pp rec
    end
    # => ["1","2","3"]
    # => ["4","5","6"]

and so on.


Happy data wrangling with ruby. Cheers. Prost.

PS: The FAQ in the README includes:

- Q: Why NOT use Csv.read( sep: "\t" )?
- Q: What's the tabulator (TAB) format?
- Q: Why tab?
- Q: Why NOT tab?


[1] https://github.com/csv11/tabreader

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